Payroll Specialist

Employment Status **Temporary Full-Time**

Pay Range **$34.62 - $40.76 per hour + comprehensive benefits package**

Closing Date **12/11/24**

**New Westminster, British Columbia**:
**Number of Openings**: 1
**Hours per Week**: 35 hours per week.
**Employee Group**: CUPE, Local 387
**Location**: City Hall: 511 Royal Ave
**Competition #**: 786
**Additional Details**:
**_The City of New Westminster has earned a proud reputation for civic leadership, service delivery and outstanding employee relations. We offer our employees great work-life balance; hybrid work environment; competitive salaries and benefit plans (including pension); education and training opportunities; and challenging and rewarding work._**_ _**

As a central hub in the Metro Vancouver area, the City of New Westminster delivers a broad spectrum of urban services to over 85,000 residents. It is a city rich in history with a viable and thriving economy, a population representative of the diversity of the region, and is staffed by talented and dedicated employees who work together to achieve its strategic vision.

Are you an organized, multi-tasking team player who thrives in the deadline driven environment of payroll and enjoys helping others in solving problems or resolving issues? If this is you, please join us as a temporary full-time member of our professional team for maternity coverage that processes bi-weekly payrolls for 1600 plus employees covering 4 collective agreements. Your role will include performing moderately complex clerical work in the accurate preparation, calculation and completion of Municipal payrolls for all employees of the City and affiliated Boards.

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**If you have the following characteristics and qualifications, we want to hear from you**
- Grade 12 supplemented by completion of the National Payroll Institute - Payroll Compliance Practitioner and at least 3 years of related experience in a unionized computerized payroll environment. Must be a member in good standing with the National Payroll Institute.
- Knowledge of the methods, practices and principles used in the preparation, calculation and processing of payrolls; and of the rules, regulations and legislation applicable to same.
- Ability to effectively liaise with and establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of internal and external contacts on matters related to the work.
- Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy in explaining payroll calculations and related collective agreement provisions and legislative requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to use analytical and problem solving skills in completing the work.
- Ability to pass and maintain a satisfactory Police Information Check.

**What we offer**:

- Work-life balance - 35 hour work week, paid vacation leave, an optional compressed day off program
- Hybrid work environment - optional part-time remote work
- Health and wellness - extended health, dental, life insurance benefits, paid sick leave plan, plus other wellness-focused programs and benefits
- Retirement benefits - including municipal pension plan
- Career development - ongoing learning, leadership development, and education development program
- To support a workforce that reflects the diversity of our community; women, Indigenous Peoples, racialized individuals, persons of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (LGBTQ2S+), persons with disabilities, and others who may contribute to diversity of our workforce, are encouraged to express their interest._
- New Westminster is on the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Halq'eméylem-speaking peoples. It is acknowledged by the City that colonialism has made invisible their histories and connections to the land._
- We are learning and building relationships with the people whose lands we are on._
- We thank all applicants for their interest and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted._
- This position is only open to those legally entitled to work in Canada._

Employment Status **Temporary Full-Time**

Pay Range **$34.62 - $40.76 per hour + comprehensive benefits package**

Closing Date **12/11/24